The most effective way to increase the number of people on the organ donor register in the long term, is to educate the young. At present organ donation may be taught in secondary schools as part of personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) education. But this is optional and at the discretion of each individual school. Our new campaign aims to make teaching organ donation easier by improving the resources available to teachers and creating a national network of inspirational speakers to give talks in their local schools.

Although children usually support organ donation when the facts are explained to them, the sad fact is that children who need transplants are much less likely to get them than adults. Organs from adults are rarely suitable and parents are often reluctant to consider donating their child’s organs after a tragedy.

Although children usually support organ donation when the facts are explained to them, the sad fact is that children who need transplants are much less likely to get them than adults. Organs from adults are rarely suitable and parents are often reluctant to consider donating their child’s organs after a tragedy.

This years’ Transplant Week campaign focuses on the importance of sharing your wish to be an organ donor with your loved ones. Even if you’re already on the organ donor register, your family always have the final say. So make it clear to them now. Spell it out: ‘I want to be an organ donor.

The Orgamites

Mr Bone and his 8 mighty friends are on a mission to get people talking about organ transplantation in schools and in our homes. WHY? Because every day, thousands of people around the world die waiting for an organ…

Mr Bone and his 8 mighty friends are on a mission to get people talking about organ transplantation in schools and in our homes. WHY? Because every day, thousands of people around the world die waiting for an organ transplant.
By making organ donation the norm, we will not only save these lives, we will also bring happiness to tens of thousands more of their family and friends.